National Commission for Safai Karmacharis is engaging with the Labour Ministry to raise the minimum wages of safai karmacharis to be on par with those of skilled or semi-skilled workers

Successful applicants with a year’s legal practice would undergo one year of intensive training at the concerned State judicial academy, followed by a final year of law clerkship with senior judicial officers and High Court judges

The scheme was applauded by a three-judge Bench while hearing a petition on delayed wages under the defunct scheme; petition seeks to elevate the right to work as a fundamental right

The U.S. Embassy said Ambassador Gor in Srinagar met Chief Minister Omar Abdullah “to discuss strengthening bilateral ties and later visited Leh to experience Ladakh’s culture and traditions”